Secretary of State Marco Rubio wants to bolster ties with Asia to counter Beijing’s power, but President Trump’s tariff threats have nations asking why they should align with Washington.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has added to a key military spending bill making its way through Congress a pair of provisions to prevent taxpayer dollars from flowing to research benefiting foreign adver… ...

The changes to the bill come on the heels of a Pentagon audit last year that exposed untracked distribution of American defense dollars to risky research overseas — even after lawmakers ...